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'India will not tolerate another terror attack'
 If there is another attack in the country, India "will act with the hard option," top intelligence and security officials have said at a meeting convened by the Indian prime minister. "If terror continues we will be forced to change our strategy towards a more punitive response. The general consensus was that we have yet to cross the threshold," a security official told a Delhi-based weekly magazine.He said that security agencies were asked to weigh the options for responding to a possible terrorist attack in the future. One option discussed related to striking at the roots of terror in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The intention is to target 'religious' bodies promoting jihad against India, he said. The meeting decided that India would not launch an operation on the scale of the Israeli offensive against Lebanon. "We know who they (terrorists) are and what they do. If necessary, they can be neutralised. It all depends on whether we are pushed to a point that necessitates such action," sources said. India has been tracking Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, who was released from house arrest by Pakistan on February 20. Saeed is one of the seven signatories, along with Al Qaedas Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahiri, to a 1999 pact that resolved to spread terror in India and the West. Posted by: Fred 2006-07-23 |
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